How do we know this? Because Dotcom, whose file-sharing site was shut down in January and who is wanted by U.S. authorities on a slew of alleged copyright infringement and fraud charges, tweeted a very chummy photo of himself and Woz (pictured, left) at the former's palatial Auckland-area estate.

What can we learn from this? Other than more confirmation of the fact that the German-born Dotcom is an enormous individual, it appears that Woz is among the list of tech figures and celebrities who are supporting Dotcom in his battles against the Justice Departmentor at the very least, appreciative enough of the tasty rack of New Zealand lamb we're guessing Dotcom served him to swing by for a friendly visit.

Dotcom is under house arrest in his mansion in the Albany suburb of Auckland, awaiting possible extradition by the U.S.

Wozniak, who visited New Zealand in May, according to the Brisbane Times, is a "[g]reat guy & supporter of EFF," Dotcom tweeted, referring to the Electronic Frontier Foundation's efforts to help Megaupload users recover files that were seized when the site was shut down.

Dotcom this week announced plans to launch a new music site called Megabox (pictured, right). Megabox is apparently a reboot of a project Dotcom described in an interview with TorrentFreak last December.

Billed as a rival to Apple's iTunes, Megabox will let artists sell their music directly and keep 90 percent of the revenue, according to Dotcom.

"The major Record Labels thought Megabox is dead. Artists rejoice. It is coming and it will unchain you," he tweeted earlier this week.

Damon Poeter got his start in journalism working for the English-language daily newspaper The Nation in Bangkok, Thailand. He covered everything from local news to sports and entertainment before settling on technology in the mid-2000s. Prior to joining PCMag, Damon worked at CRN and the Gilroy Dispatch. He has also written for the San Francisco Chronicle and Japan Times, among other newspapers and periodicals.
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